by Havi Brooks | Feb 2, 2011 | my personal practice
Today I am letting a two year old plan my day. Here are some of the things we might do. If we feel like it. We are equally likely to not do them. It’s just bubbles of possibility. Some of the things we might do! Roll around. Get food all over our faces. Stick...
by Havi Brooks | Dec 1, 2010 | stuff I think about
Everyone in the building where the Playground lives wants to know what the Playground is. They see us wandering the halls in our stocking feet (or stripy-socked-feet or bare feet or sparkly legwarmer feet), wearing ridiculous hats and sometimes wings. They hear us...
by Havi Brooks | Sep 15, 2010 | my personal practice
Who knows what madness was going on last night. But I woke up this morning with that clenched, tight sense of GAAAAAAH Seventeen million things to do that all need to be done right this second or everything will fall apart completely. Having spent many years getting...
by Havi Brooks | Jul 8, 2010 | updates & announcements
Last summer I spent a week at Jennifer Louden’s writer’s retreat in Taos, New Mexico. I was there in a teaching capacity — destuckification techniques, Shiva Nata brain training and absurdly relaxing Old Turkish Lady yoga. So I wasn’t planning...
by Havi Brooks | May 9, 2010 | my personal practice
Personal ads! They’re … personal! Very. So my itty bitty personal ads made me realize that it’s time to make a regular practice of trying to feel okay asking for stuff. Even when the asking thing feels weird and conflicted. Ever since I posted the...
